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From "Finding Nemo" to "The Lion King," parental deaths are common in Disney, Pixar and other animated children's movies. In fact, according to a recent study in the British Medical Journal, the "risk of parental death was five times higher in children's animated films compared with dramatic films for adults." The study also claims that "exposure to on-screen death and murder could have deleterious and long lasting effects on children, especially young children." The study noted that the cause of death differs between children's movies (animal attack, falls, etc.) and grown-up films (gunshots, car crashes, disease, etc.), but...

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From "Finding Nemo" to "The Lion King," parental deaths are common in Disney, Pixar and other animated children's movies.
In fact, according to a recent study in the British Medical Journal, the "risk of parental death...

Walt Disney World's highest fourth-quarter attendance ever was one of the bright spots for the resort's parent company as it reported a record year of revenue and profit Thursday.More visitors, higher ticket prices and increased spending on food and...

Disney's decision to replace a Norwegian-themed Epcot ride with the animated princesses of "Frozen" is part of what experts describe as a gradual shift toward cartoons and thrills at a theme park rooted in technology and culture.
Next month,...

Disney on Ice show designers have created magical worlds from the Little Mermaid's underwater home to the African savannas of "The Lion King."
But Steve Bass, working on his first ice show, hit the scenic jackpot: The veteran designer is...

The "Frozen" faithful — and the box-office receipts show there are plenty of them — will find an awful lot to like about Feld Entertainment's latest Disney on Ice show.
On the other hand, those unfamiliar with the 2013 Disney film, which became...

Ralph in Disney's "Wreck-It-Ralph" said it best.
"I am bad and that is good. I will never be good and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me."
The key to a great hero is an even greater villain.
While...

Here's a new chance to get top seats for the next Disney on Ice production, based on hit movie "Frozen." A ninth performance of "Frozen" has been added to its Orlando engagement at the Amway Center this September.
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A couple of news reports about two Disney films bubbled up from the ocean depths today. And both involved characters named Nemo.
First, an online report at the Washington Post’s website today announced that Ellen DeGeneres will reprise her voice role...

Winter Park Playhouse will be getting down with the sounds of the BeeGees and K.C. & the Sunshine Band when it opens "8 Track: The Sounds of the 70's" on Friday, June 21.
Joining the cast for a rehearsal, I can't help but wonder: "Were...

Orlando actor Michael Colavolpe answers his phone while lugging a load of laundry back to his rented apartment in New York City.
"I can't remember the last time I used a Laundromat — maybe 20 years ago," he says. "I had to ask people,...

What may be the most interesting feature in Disney's Art of Animation Resort can be found in the most mundane of places: the doors.
All of the hotel rooms in Walt Disney World's new, $350 million hotel, whose first phase opens Thursday, will be...

Walt Disney World welcomed the first guests to its newest hotel Thursday morning, after a quick character-and-confetti-filled ceremony.
Disney World President Meg Crofton framed the opening of the $350 million Art of Animation Resort as a jolt for the...

The stage version of "Frozen" will have some familiar faces behind the scenes. Disney Theatrical Productions said Friday that the husband-and-wife team of Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez will be working on the show and Jennifer Lee,...

Disney's hit musical "Frozen" became the highest-grossing animated movie of all time over the weekend, pushing its estimated worldwide box-office haul to $1.072 billion and unseating "Toy Story 3" for the top spot. Now...

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Remember "Up"?
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The Walt Disney Co. is pushing back "The Good Dinosaur," the Pixar movie that had been set for release in 2014, making next year the animation studio's first without a feature film since 2005.
"The Good Dinosaur," which was to have...

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The new Disney Cruise Line ship that set sail on its maiden voyage on March 31...

Steven P. Jobs, the charismatic technology pioneer who co-founded Apple Inc. and transformed one industry after another, from computers and smartphones to music and movies, has died. He was 56.
Apple announced the death of Jobs — whose legacy...